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Tramp
| | Posted on Monday, July 05, 2010 - 11:54 am: | 
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1978 Audi 5000/100 |
Tramp
| | Posted on Monday, July 05, 2010 - 11:55 am: |
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All engines are motors, but not all motors are engines.
Hey Court- Those civilian square shields at pass & decal didn't murmur "Duty Honor Country" after they finished checking you, did they?
I find myself correcting them with "duty honor 40 hour workweek"...they don't find it so funny, though.
buffs....
(Message edited by tramp on July 05, 2010) |
Spiderman
| | Posted on Monday, July 05, 2010 - 12:32 pm: |
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He also insisted that there would never be a successful five cylinder engine, as it would destroy itself from the imbalance.
LOL
He would hate my VW it has an IL5 that can whoop most V6s  |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Monday, July 05, 2010 - 05:31 pm: |
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Don't forget the 5 cylinder Mercedes 300D diesel, one of the longest-lasting engines ever built. I had one of the Audi 5 cylinder engines in a 1981-1/2 Coupe (think fastback 4000 with 5000 engine). It was a cool little car. Only had 100 HP, but it would rev to high heaven and had an exhaust note like a small block V-8.
Back to Tramp's original question, maybe those guys on the TV show "American Pickers" would know where to find an NOS tuber engine. |
Davefl
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 08:13 am: |
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My truck has a 3.5 liter 5 cylinder engine. |
Tramp
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 09:49 am: |
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The Audi Coupe (1980-87) was a a conventionally-aspirated FWD, detuned version of the ur-quattro, a hi-horse, turbocharged AWD beast that was noted for its "unfair advantage" on the cicuit.
The "ur" is easily told from the detuned coupe by its flared fenders.
I've owned both, and can assure anyone that both were, in fact, 5 cylinders of pure fun. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 10:00 am: |
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I REALLY wanted a Quattro back then, but unfortunately didn't have nearly the funds. There are some great vids on youtube of those things at various rallys and especially at Pike's Peak. Pretty impressive to see one sideways at high speed throwing 4 roostertails!
Despite the moderate power, my Coupe was a fun car though, and would get 36 MPG at 70 MPH cruise. |
Tramp
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 05:47 pm: |
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I loved all of my Coupes- the regular, more common fwd coupe was a exceptionally reliable 4000 (80) series Audi in the 80s. 5 cyl. power with the FAR more reliable (and les leaky)4000 (80) series steering rack, brake booster & trans.
I changed so many 5000 series racks in the '80s that I nearly patented my fast R&R method.
The 5000 series racks couldn't take ATF, which every non-factory garage dumped into them.
I kept a pallet of rebuilds for R&R in the day. |
Hughlysses
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 07:52 pm: |
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Tramp- what was up with Audi using only "straight mineral oil" in the racks back then? I know I dumped ATF in my Coupe. At about 60k miles, the PS pump started leaking badly at the back of the pump. I called the dealer, and they said a rebuilt pump would be $200. I pulled the pump, removed one snap ring, and a ~4" disk came out of the back. It had an O-ring around the perimeter, with an obvious split in it. I took the O-ring to a local bearing house, he took in back and matched it, and gave me the O-ring for free. The pump lasted another 60,000 miles with no problem. |
Tramp
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 06, 2010 - 10:22 pm: |
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The dealer was mistken: Note, in my post above, that I cite the 5000 racks as not taking ATF. ATF was fine in 4000 series racks
(such as that in our Coupes), they simply used the 'mineral oil only' BS to ensure that no one would accidentally use ATF in 500 racks.... safer to simply recommend mineral oil for all models, which is what they did: Audi and Honda, back then.
The 400 racks were fine with ATF, as were correctly rebuilt (non-neoprene sealed) 5000 series racks.
Yes, I was a certified VW/Audi wrench for awhile in my '20s....then I got stupid and switched to BMW motorcycles. |
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